Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:02:11 +0100 (MET) From: sos@FreeBSD.org To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Native & Linux ELF support finally there... Message-ID: <199603210802.JAA07135@ra.dkuug.dk> In-Reply-To: <199603210420.VAA06487@rover.village.org> from "Warner Losh" at Mar 20, 96 09:20:43 pm
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In reply to Warner Losh who wrote:
>
> A while back someone asked me if they could do the following sick
> thing:
>
> Compile FreeBSD kernel, put it on a linux box, run lilo pointed at
> this kernel, and reboot and have their "Linux" box suddenly be a
> "FreeBSD" box running all their Linux stuff.
>
> Is that now possible? Or are there too many kernel things that would
> preclude this (eg no ps, netstat, etc)?
Auch, havn't thought of that one :)
This looks like a "hostile takeover" of some kind, could be fun if
it worked:
"Tired of that linux system ?? well, just copy our kernel ontop
of the old one..."
I think however that there are toomany hidden obstacles before
this will work, but it could be fun if it worked...
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
So much code to hack -- so little time.
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